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Cumbria's weather: Rain until after midnight

BBC Weather

Tonight, further outbreaks of rain will spread from the south-west for a time.

However, the rain should ease in the early hours of the morning, leaving a few clear spells and the odd mist patch, with lowest temperatures from 4C to 7C (39F to 45F).

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County gritters load up for winter nights

Cumbria highways engineers say they have stockpiled 23,000 tonnes of rocksalt ready for the start of the winter.

Slightly under a quarter of the 4,350 miles (7,000km) county road network is routinely treated on frosty nights, not including the A66, A590 and M6 which are dealt with by Highways England, according to a priority system explained on this map.

If the whole county is forecast to have icy conditions, the 38 gritters on the county roads will cover just over 930 miles (1,500km).

Gritter being loaded
Cumbria County Council

Fell rescue volunteers seek out early winter for training

Mountain rescue team members from the Keswick and Kirkby Stephen teams had perfect weather this week when they travelled to Chamonix to practice winter rescue techniques such as searching for avalanche victims.

Rescue team members digging holes in snow.
Keswick MRT